Connellan was the greenkeeper at Newton Square in Boston in 1900. He laid out the nine hole course Bellevue GC at Melrose, MA in 1899. The turf for the Friendship course reportedly came from Switzerland. I didn't know Switzerland had good turf, and that doesn't seem like a match climate wise. I suspect the reporter got his European country wrong.
Tom,
According to his great grandson, the bentgrass variety that was used on the Friendship course was propagated on his turf nursery business in Michigan. He named the variety Friendship, after the Friendship course , where presumably he was quite pleased with the grass that was planted there. I would like to learn more about this bentgrass variety because it is likely that Connellan would have used it on all the greens that he remodeled and built in the 1920's.
Chris,
Yes this is the same Connellan that partnered with Wilfrid Reid.